ZAGREB, June 26, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland underlined in Strasbourg on Tuesday the importance of that Pan-European organisation for the democratic and legal order of the European continent.

ZAGREB, June 26, 2018 - During a session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in Strasbourg on Monday, the Serbian deputy Aleksandar Šešelj of the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), led by war criminal Vojislav Šešelj, made insulting comments against Croatia, saying that the present-day Croatia was founded by a criminal and neo-Fascist Franjo Tuđman.

ZAGREB, June 2, 2018 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Friday received for talks President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Michele Nicoletti and informed him of the priorities of Croatia's six-month presidency of the Council of Europe, noting that Croatia would work to contribute to overcoming problems the organisation was currently faced with, the government said in a statement.

ZAGREB, June 1, 2018 - During its chairmanship of the Council of Europe (CoE), Croatia will be committed to an active and leading role in the protection and promotion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić said at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), held in the Croatian parliament on Friday.

ZAGREB, May 31, 2018 - Croatia's Culture Minister Nina Obuljen Koržinek formally opened an exhibition on Croatian intangible cultural heritage in Strasbourg on Wednesday, inaugurating Croatian cultural events over the next six months during the country's chairmanship of the Council of Europe, which has its seat in the city.

ZAGREB, May 19, 2018 - Croatia on Friday took over the chairmanship of the Council of Europe, which will be an opportunity for the country to brand itself politically and culturally and prepare for the presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2020.

ZAGREB, May 18, 2018 - The Council of Europe (CoE) did not lose its importance, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in Helsingor on Friday, adding that he wanted the oldest European organisation to continue its development and remain strong and relevant in the future.

ZAGREB, May 17, 2018 - Croatia will take over the chairmanship of the Council of Europe on Friday, for the first time in 22 years of its membership, in the same week in which Europe's oldest organisation criticised Zagreb for the escalation of racist hate speech against Serbs, LGBT persons and Roma in public discourse.

ZAGREB, May 15, 2018 - Racist hate speech against Serbs, LGBT persons and Roma in public discourse is escalating in Croatia, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI).

ZAGREB, May 14, 2018 - During its chairing of the Council of Europe, Croatia will advocate for the Istanbul Convention and put the focus on the Convention's purpose – the protection of women from violence, Croatia's Foreign and European Affairs Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić said on Monday.